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Lightning de-barked my tree
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| Peabody 2005-07-24, 9:11 pm |
| Last night my river birch was hit by lightning. I guess that
explains why you shouldn't stand under a tree during a storm.
Anyway, the tree is still standing, but it lost a significant
portion of its bark on about the bottom 20 ft. of the trunk. There
are no scorch marks, so I guess the bark was just popped off when
the moisture underneath turned to steam instantaneously. I
collected a garbage can full of bark chunks.
Do I need to do anything to the denuded areas, or just leave it
alone? Or, is there a more appropriate newsgroup where I should ask
about this?
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| Doug Kanter 2005-07-24, 9:11 pm |
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"Peabody" <waybackKILLSPAM44@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Last night my river birch was hit by lightning. I guess that
> explains why you shouldn't stand under a tree during a storm.
>
> Anyway, the tree is still standing, but it lost a significant
> portion of its bark on about the bottom 20 ft. of the trunk. There
> are no scorch marks, so I guess the bark was just popped off when
> the moisture underneath turned to steam instantaneously. I
> collected a garbage can full of bark chunks.
>
> Do I need to do anything to the denuded areas, or just leave it
> alone? Or, is there a more appropriate newsgroup where I should ask
> about this?
>
rec.gardens and alt.home.lawn.garden might produce an extra hundred
responses. You might also want to call a local cooperative extension
service, if you've got one.
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| G Henslee 2005-07-24, 9:11 pm |
| Doug Kanter wrote:
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> rec.gardens and alt.home.lawn.garden might produce an extra hundred
> responses.
Yet two more usenet groups where your imbecility is ever evident.
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| Doug Kanter 2005-07-24, 9:11 pm |
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"G Henslee" <ghen@cableone.net> wrote in message
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> Doug Kanter wrote:
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> Yet two more usenet groups where your imbecility is ever evident.
I am in awe of your wit, Seņor Schizo. Now, go clean your room.
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| Roger Taylor 2005-07-24, 9:11 pm |
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> Last night my river birch was hit by lightning. I guess that
> explains why you shouldn't stand under a tree during a storm.
>
> Anyway, the tree is still standing, but it lost a significant
> portion of its bark on about the bottom 20 ft. of the trunk. There
> are no scorch marks, so I guess the bark was just popped off when
> the moisture underneath turned to steam instantaneously. I
> collected a garbage can full of bark chunks.
>
> Do I need to do anything to the denuded areas, or just leave it
> alone? Or, is there a more appropriate newsgroup where I should ask
> about this?
>
Normally a tree will slowly die from being de-barked. I it does die, I would
leave it there, after trimming some side limbs, and the dead trunk, if it
doesn't pose a danger to fences/buildings. A dead tree will stand for years,
and will attract various trunk nesting birds, such as flickers, woodpeckers,
etc.
Plus, it has a story.
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| As a biologist, not an arborist, I would agree that you have good
reason to be concerned about the tree. The outer layer (not the
bark) is the living tissue, and the center has a secondary function.
So, with the bark gone, the living section is open to disease.
Secondarily, lets hope the trauma of the hit isn't severe
enough to affect it. This may take some time to surface.
You may want to check with your town, or city if they have
arborists for consult, or the Arborist society online.
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"Roger Taylor" <spamfree@yokel.net> wrote in message
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> Normally a tree will slowly die from being de-barked.
> I it does die, I would leave it there, after trimming
> some side limbs, and the dead trunk, if it doesn't
> pose a danger to fences/buildings. A dead tree will
> stand for years, and will attract various trunk
> nesting birds, such as flickers, woodpeckers, etc.
> Plus, it has a story.
>
That sounds like good advice. We had the same thing
happen here, only it took off a good 30 ft of bark and
cleared a nice, neat path all the way to our wire
fence! Char marks on the ground, but none on the tree,
interestingly enough. Dunno how many hits there really
were, but there were at least two very loud, massive
concussions following it. My wife was just letting the
dogs in when it hit - she nearly had a heart attack.
We did just about as you advised, and yeah, it died
of course. My nephew cut it down for firewood a few
years later; enough to do him the whole winter and have
a few pieces left over! There was bark all over the
place, some in long stips like a giant rawhide.
Intersting but sad to lose the shade.
Just my 2 cents,
Pop
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| Suzie-Q 2005-07-25, 6:21 am |
| In article <59OEe.47890$up5.1170@lakeread02>,
Peabody <waybackKILLSPAM44@yahoo.com> wrote:
-> Last night my river birch was hit by lightning. I guess that
-> explains why you shouldn't stand under a tree during a storm.
->
-> Anyway, the tree is still standing, but it lost a significant
-> portion of its bark on about the bottom 20 ft. of the trunk. There
-> are no scorch marks, so I guess the bark was just popped off when
-> the moisture underneath turned to steam instantaneously. I
-> collected a garbage can full of bark chunks.
->
-> Do I need to do anything to the denuded areas, or just leave it
-> alone? Or, is there a more appropriate newsgroup where I should ask
-> about this?
You could ask in rec.gardens, too.
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| average.computer.user@the.keyboard.com 2005-07-25, 2:21 pm |
| Did you know that if a man gets hit between the legs by lightning it
peels the skin off his penis? That's a few seconds before he dies.
Well, maybe you didn't want to know that !!!!!
However, there is a solution. Never lay on your back when you have an
erection at the beach. Lightning always hits the highest point.
As for your tree, it will probably die, but sometimes they survive.
Let mother nature decide for you. They die slowly. You can always
cut it down after it dies. If there is some continous bark from the
ground to the top of the tree, it may survive. If not, say bye !!!
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On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:07:17 -0500, Peabody
<waybackKILLSPAM44@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Last night my river birch was hit by lightning. I guess that
>explains why you shouldn't stand under a tree during a storm.
>
>Anyway, the tree is still standing, but it lost a significant
>portion of its bark on about the bottom 20 ft. of the trunk. There
>are no scorch marks, so I guess the bark was just popped off when
>the moisture underneath turned to steam instantaneously. I
>collected a garbage can full of bark chunks.
>
>Do I need to do anything to the denuded areas, or just leave it
>alone? Or, is there a more appropriate newsgroup where I should ask
>about this?
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| meirman 2005-07-25, 10:21 pm |
| In alt.home.repair on Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:07:17 -0500 Peabody
<waybackKILLSPAM44@yahoo.com> posted:
>Last night my river birch was hit by lightning. I guess that
>explains why you shouldn't stand under a tree during a storm.
>
>Anyway, the tree is still standing, but it lost a significant
>portion of its bark on about the bottom 20 ft. of the trunk. There
>are no scorch marks, so I guess the bark was just popped off when
>the moisture underneath turned to steam instantaneously. I
>collected a garbage can full of bark chunks.
>
>Do I need to do anything to the denuded areas, or just leave it
>alone? Or, is there a more appropriate newsgroup where I should ask
>about this?
You need a xylem/phloem transplant.
First, you need to find a donor tree. Sometimes trees have been
kidnapped from the woods and used without their consent.
Actually, I'm kidding but I wonder if it might work. I wouldn't
expect it to work the first time, for you, but I wonder how many tries
it would take to iron out the bugs.
Meirman
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